The WeekAhead: DDW, APA, HRS, and More on MERS

This week MedPage Today staff will report news from Digestive Disease Week, the American Psychiatric Association, and the Heart Rhythm Society, as well as continuing coverage of the MERS outbreak. The outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is likely to continue to create headlines.

DDW, which is jointly sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, American Gastroenterological Association, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, is the largest gastrointestinal sciences meeting in the world. Charles Bankhead and Ed Susman will be filing daily reports from DDW.